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Biography
Associate Professor Judithe (Judy) Sheard has an academic career spanning more than 30 years. She is a former Head of the Caulfield School of Information Technology.
A passionate educator, Judy researches in computing education particularly the areas of educational technology, student learning behaviour, and assessment. She has published extensively, receiving a number of awards, including most recently a ‘Best in 25 Years’ award at the Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education conference.
An active member of the international computing education research community, Judy has served as Vice Chair and Secretary of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) and is a former chair of the Australasian Chapter of ACM SIGCSE. Judy has chaired a number of conferences and is currently chair of the 2021 ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.
In 2017 Judy was named an ACM Distinguished Member for educational contributions to computing.
Judy established the Monash Museum of Computing History at Monash University in 2001 and has directed activities for the Museum since this time. The Museum presents a chronology of computing from the early 1950’s to the present.
Monash teaching commitment
Associate Professor Judy Sheard has experience as the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:
- FIT3063/FIT4063 Human-computer interaction
- FIT5151 Object-oriented business application development
- FIT5152 User interface design and usability
- FIT9017 Foundations of programming
- FIT9131/FIT5131 Programming foundations
Research area keywords
- Academic Integrity
- Learning Analytics
- Educational Technology
- History of Computing
- Teaching and Learning of Computer Programming
- Computing Education
- Computing Education Research
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Data analytics-based tools and methods to enhance self-regulated learning
Gasevic, D., Dawson, S., Sheard, J., Mirriahi, N., Martinez-Maldonado, R., Khosravi, H., Chen, G. & Winne, P. H.
1/08/22 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Technical and Educational Guidelines for Personalising Assessments through Assessment-as-Learning in Cybersecurity
Sakzad, A., Sheard, J., Billing, W., Paul, D., Brankovic, L., Li, N., Simon & Skerritt, M.
1/05/22 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Academic Integrity Policies, Procedures, and Good Practices for Online Assessment in Computing Education’ project
Jha, M., Leemans, S., Berretta, R., Bilgin, A., Myers, T., Sheard, J. & Simon, S.
1/02/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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ALTA SES: Addressing Student Engagement Issues for Female and International Female Students in Computing Studies Courses.
Sheard, J., Gonsalvez, C., Butler, M. & Simon, ..
10/10/18 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
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WIL for ICT: Education for employability: WIL approaches to preparing ICT students for the workforce
Gonsalvez, C., Morgan, M., Sheard, J. & Grundy, J.
10/10/18 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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Choosing Code Segments to Exclude from Code Similarity Detection
Simon, Karnalim, O., Sheard, J., Dema, I., Karkare, A., Leinonen, J., Liut, M. & Mccauley, R., 2020, Proceedings of the Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Rößling, G. & R. Krogstie, B. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-19 19 p. 3439201. (Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other
13 Citations (Scopus) -
ITiCSE, Australia, and New Zealand: what's the story?
Sheard, J. & Simon, Jun 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Luxton-Reilly, A. & Divitini, M. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 1-2 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Selection of code segments for exclusion from code similarity detection
Simon, Karnalim, O., Sheard, J., Dema, I., Karkare, A., Leinonen, J., Liut, M. & Mccauley, R., Jun 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Luxton-Reilly, A. & Divitini, M. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 500-501 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Other
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Theories and models of emotions, attitudes, and self-efficacy in the context of programming education
Malmi, L., Sheard, J., Kinnunen, P., Simon & Sinclair, J., 2020, ICER 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research. Robins, A. & J. Ko, A. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 36-47 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
25 Citations (Scopus) -
Twenty-four years of ITiCSE papers
Simon & Sheard, J., Jun 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education. Luxton-Reilly, A. & Divitini, M. (eds.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 5-11 7 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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ACM - Association for Computing Machinery (External organisation)
Judithe Sheard (Member)
1 Nov 2017Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Secretary of the Board - ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Judithe Sheard (Member)
1 Jan 2016 → 30 Jun 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Head of School Caulfield - Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University
Judithe Sheard (Chair/ Co-Chair)
1 Jan 2016Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Monash University (External organisation)
Judithe Sheard (Member)
1 Jan 2016Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Australian Computer Society (External organisation)
Judithe Sheard (Member)
1 Jan 2016Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board